Concert Reviews – Page 11 – Seen and Heard International

Cumnock Tryst’s Mozart and MacMillan proves it really is a true ‘meeting place for music’

04/10/202603/10/2026 by Simon Thompson

United Kingdom Cumnock Tryst 2026 – Mozart, MacMillan: Jess Gillam (saxophone), David Childs (euphonium), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra / Kanako Ito (leader and director), James MacMillan (conductor). Barony Hall, Cumnock, 2.10.2026. (SRT)

Saxophonist Jess Gillam and conductor James MacMillan with the BBC SSO © Stuart Armitt

Takács Quartet finds wit and warmth in Beethoven, Simon and Brahms

06/10/202602/10/2026 by Sam Jacobson

United States Various: Takács Quartet (Edward Dusinberre, Harumi Rhodes [violins], Richard O’Neill [viola], Mihai Marica [cello]. Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland, Pittsburgh, 28.9.2026. (SJ)

Beethoven for our time and Wagner for the ages: a thrilling start to the BSO’s season in Poole

08/10/202601/10/2026 by Chris Kettle

United Kingdom Adventurous Journeys – Beethoven, Wagner: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Mark Wigglesworth (conductor). Lighthouse, Poole, 30.9.2026. (CK)

The BSO conducted by Mark Wigglesworth performing at its season opening concert © Mark Allan

Insightful, strongly committed Well-Tempered Clavier from Minsoo Sohn in Vancouver

04/10/202601/10/2026 by Geoffrey Newman

Canada J. S. Bach: Minsoo Sohn (piano). Vancouver Playhouse, 27.9.2026. (GN)

Minsoo Sohn at the Vancouver Playhouse © Tianze Peng

Aigul Akhmetshina’s thought-provoking – if not fully realised – reflections on Love

04/10/202601/10/2026 by Colin Clarke

United Kingdom Love Without Borders: A Journey in Three Chapters: Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano), Jonathan Palmer Lakeland (piano). Milton Court Concert Hall, London, 30.9.2026. (CC)

Aigul Akhmetshina (mezzo-soprano) and Jonathan Palmer Lakeland (piano) © Natalie Hass

Jonny Greenwood and the London Sinfonietta wish Steve Reich a Happy 90th Birthday

02/10/202630/09/2026 by Agnes Kory

United Kingdom Steve Reich – a 90th Birthday Celebration: Jonny Greenwood (electric and bass guitar), Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, London Sinfonietta / Chloe Rooke (conductor), 27.9.2026. (AK)

London Sinfonietta and conductor Chloe Rooke © Seb Gardner/LS

Cosmopoles is Divertimento and Zahia Ziouani’s innovative work

01/10/202630/09/2026 by Colin Clarke

France Cosmopoles: de l’aurore au zenith (from dawn to zenith, from zenith to dusk): Lyès Salem (actor), Clémence Colin (actor in sign language), Elisa Biagi (author), Christophe Naillet (lighting), Alain Blanchot (costumes), Divertimento / Zahia Ziouani (conductor/director). Salle Oleg Efremov, MC 93 Maison de la Culture de Seine-Saint-Denis, Bobigny, Paris, 26.9.2026. (CC)

Clémence Colin and Lyès Salem during *Cosmopoles*

A thrilling and compelling work for organ, magnificently performed in Gloucester Cathedral

30/09/202630/09/2026 by John Quinn

United Kingdom Neil Cox: Jonathan Hope (organ). Gloucester Cathedral, 29.9.2026. (JQ)

Jonathan Hope (right) at the organ of Gloucester Cathedral (with Adrian Partington, the cathedral’s Director of Music)

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